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impressionism

UK/ɪmˈpɹɛʃənɪzəm/US/ɪmˈpɹɛʃənɪzəm/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,703 of 15,258leans written

Impressionism is a style of painting that catches light and fleeting effects. French impressionism.

The name began as an insult from a critic and the painters kept it. Impressionism looks like a blur close up and resolves when you step back.

Claude Monet · Public domain

Definitions of impressionism

  1. 1nounimpressionismA style of painting that catches light and fleeting effects.C1

    “Impressionism was refused by every official exhibition.”

impressionism is a style.

Where it comes from

  1. French

    impressionnisme

  2. English, today

    impressionism

From French impressionnisme.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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impressionism in the wild

  • The movement Seurat began with this technique is known as Neo-impressionism.

    Pointillism

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.